Whistler Film Festival

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2011

Celebrate at the 11th annual Whistler Film
Festival and enjoy some incredible early season skiing and riding
at the same time! There has never been a better time
to visit Whistler. The Whistler Film Festival takes places
over 5 days from November 30th to December
4th.

The festival presents over 80 films from Canada and all
around the world including premiers, feature films, documentaries,
and shorts. There will be over $50,000 in prizes are
awarded to film makers, actors, and other film industry
participants in nine major categories.

This year for the first time "Whistler Presents" will be
hosting outdoor film screenings under the Pavilion at the Whistler
Olympic Plaza during the festival. The screenings will be
never-before-seen programs of Pixar Shorts. On December 2 and
December 3 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm, enjoy several of the characters
from some the favourite Pixar feature films. These include
Cars pals Lightning and Mater and Woody and Buzz from the Toy Story
films.

This is a free event which is going to be lots of fun
for the entire family. The Whistler Olympic Plaza is
an outdoor venue, so dress warmly. There will be covered
seating available to the first 1,000 filmgoers on a first come,
first serve basis.

Besides the eighty plus film screenings, The Whistler
Film Festival offers many other events. There will
be an opening gala, a celebrity ski race, parties, tributes to some
of the industries great talents, an awards brunch and a closing
gala.

The online box office and phone sales are now open for
advance ticket sales. The Festival box office opens on
November 25 for walk up sales. It is located in the Kiosk
directly in front of the Whistler Conference Centre.

Do you need Whistler hotel accommodation for the Whistler Film
Festival?

The Adara
Whistler Hotel is pleased to be a Festival
Accommodation Provider for the Whistler Film
Festival. We are located in the heart of Whistler Village,
just steps away from the main venues. Contact us today for
special Whistler Film Festival rates.